Repeat posting......

Just for fun I though I would pull these three photos from the archives and show them today.  The phlox did well this year and I have a few dead stems out there I need to get photographed for you to see.  Maybe soon it will happen.  Sepia, black and white, and living color is my contribution instead.

A Guest Photographer

My wife snapped this photo a couple of days ago through our dining room window.  It is really brown out there and the bright spot of a cardinal at the feeder always cheers us up when they land there.

Wacky Wednesday

This is one of those Christmas ornaments that just keeps moving.  It was given to us a few years ago and everything is connected by springs. I is unusual and some years we just leave it in it's box.

As an added bonus you can flip a little switch and the interior is lighted by a revolving mechanism that makes it change from pink to magenta to blue and then back again.  He is the most laid back snowman that I know that jiggles like jello.

No snow....

I am not complaining but it has been cold enough around here that we just as well as have snow.  It was 7 degrees F. this morning and the high will be 36 degrees. The only really warm place around here would be at the Botanical Center in Des Moines.  This is an old photo to show you what it would be like if your were visiting there today.

Treasures and mostly trash.......

I think that the easy thing to do for my mom and dad was to throw all the loose things into a box rather that organize it.  Dad had boxes full of things that related to business papers as well  to old war photos mixed in to the fray.  Usually a stray photo of a grandchild ended up in the box even if it didn't fit a category.  The penguin decoration above had one of the boys photos in it and I am sure that was given to them thirty years ago. Mom's jewelry was stored in boxes as well as a jewelry box. It was all costume dime store things.  I someday will get it sorted out and send it to the five granddaughters.

Sunday's seeds......

Have a Happy New Year

Happy New Year.......

The sun is shinning and the raspberry jelly does glow.  We made two  batches of jelly from our refrigerator disaster.  I call it the big thaw.  This batch looks pretty with the floating seeds that didn't get removed by the sieve but the last batch was strained through cheescloth to rid the jelly of the seeds.

Making jelly in the winter is actually more fun as the house is warmed from the boiling jelly and the jars cool down quickly after they have been sealed and boiled.

We have not plans for the day.  It will be a nice time to take it easy and ready ourselves for the new year.

Happy New Year to you all.